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A ttorney Patented Apr. 15, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUPPORTNewell G. Hurlbut, Joplin, Mo. Application February 9, 1840, Serial No.318,163

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for decorative andrepresentative floral displays at funerals.

The instant invention is designed as an improvement over that disclosedin my U. S. Patent No. 2,007,496, dated July 9, 1935, the principalobject in view being to provide a lightweight support for a floraldesign representative of a broken circle, of well-known significance,and which may be readily taken apart and packed incompact form forcarrying, quickly set up, is stable, sturdy, adjustable as to height,and inexpensive to manufacture.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing, and subordinate objectspresently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in thesucceeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of the preferred embodiment of myinvention,

Figure 2 is a View in top plan,

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in rear elevas tion illustrating themanner in which the ring sections are secured together and drawn to anenlarged scale,

Figure 5 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1and drawn to an enlarged scale, and

Figure 6 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure3.

Describing the invention in detail, with reference to the drawings bynumerals, the instant support comprises a base structure including atubular socket member I upstanding from a flatbottomed, square base, orfoundation, block 2 and having an upper end flange 3 in which isthreaded radially of the member a set screw 4.

The base block 2, as distinguished from the support of my aforesaidpatent, is equipped with stabilizing bars 5 pivoted, as at 6, at endsthereof to the sides of the block 2, respectively, adjacent the cornersof the same to be swung thereon in one direction into the plane of theblock and projected outwardly therefrom into oppositely extendingrelation on opposite sides of the block, or, for swinging in theopposite direction into substantially upright folded position alongsidethe socket member I. Studs 1 on said sides of the block I beneath whichsaid bars 5 may be extended when projected hold said bars in projectedposition under the weight of the device.

A tubular post 8 having a head flange 9 is removably mounted in saidsocket member for vertical sliding and rotary adjustment into differentset positions established by the set screw 4 extending radially throughthe flange 3 of said member.

A split ring II of tubular segmental sections I2 is provided on top ofthe head 9 in upright position with the split, or gap, I3 locatedpreferably above the horizontal diametrical center of the ring and toone side of the Vertical diametrical center thereof. One of the sectionsI2 has a post Ill extending therefrom which is vertically slidable androtatable in the post 8 for clamping thereto in different set positionsby a set screw III in said post, and said sections are detachablysecured together by axial studs I4 on one end of each section fittinginto the end of an adjoining section and fixed therein by set screws I5on said last sections. Each section I2 is braced by a reinforcing rod I6extending between the end portions thereof. A plurality of equidistantlyspaced spikes, or pins, I1 extend from the sections I2, respectively, soas to slant upwardly from one and the same side of the ring IIconstituting preferably the front side thereof.

In addition to the foregoing, the support of the instant inventionincludes a rest for a vase of flowers or the like. The rest comprises atubular socket member l8, similar to socket member I, and connected tothe latter by means of a pair of parallel links I9 pivoted at theiropposite ends to said member I8 and to the member I, as at 20 and 2 I,respectively, so that the socket member I8 may be disposed upright onthe floor, or, together with the links l9, swung upwardly alongside saidmember I parallel therewith into folded position. A rod-like post 22 isslidably fitted in said socket member I8 for vertical sliding adjustmentinto different set positions to be retained in such positions by a setscrew 23 threaded into the upper end of the socket member I8. Arectangular panel 24 is secured in any desired manner to the upper endof the post 22.

The manner in which the described device is used for decorative purposeswill be readily understood. Wreaths, or sprays, of flowers are hung onthe spikes IT in covering relation to the ring II and rod I6 so as toform a circle of such flowers broken at the gap I3 of the ring. The ringII may be adjusted to different heights by means of the posts 8, I0,socket member I, and set screws 4, I0, or rotated into differentpositions as desired about the axis of the member I and withoutdisturbing the described supporting structure. When it is desired tostore the device, or transport the same, the sections I2 may be detachedby loosening the set screws [5, the post 8 may be detached from thesocket member I, the bars 5 folded alongside the said member I, in amanner already described, and the rest similarly folded alongside themember I, as also previously described, and all of the parts may beformed into a compact bundle as will be clear.

The panel 24 may be utilized to support a vase of flowers or any otherdecorative adjunct as desired.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufiice to ii part a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modificationwithout departing from the inventive concept and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoinedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. In a support for building up a decorative floral display, asupporting base structure including an upright tubular socket member, apost vertically slidable and rotatable in said member into difierent setpositions, a broken ring secured on top of said post in upright positionwith the gap therein arranged above the horizontal diametrical center ofthe ring, and spikes for hanging flowers on the ring extending laterallyand upwardly from the same, said ring comprising segmental sectionsdetachably secured together end to end.

2. In a support for building up a decorative floral display, asupporting base structure including an upright tubular socket member, apost vertically slidable and rotatable in said member into different setpositions, a broken ring secured on top of said post in upright positionwith the gap therein arranged above the horizontal diametrical center ofthe ring, and spikes for hanging flowers on the ring extending laterallyand upwardly from the same, a rest for supporting flowers at the base ofthe ring comprising a tubular socket member, and a pair of parallellinks pivotally connecting the same to the first-mentioned socket memberfor swinging thereof into upright position on a floor, or foldingalongside said second socket member parallel therewith.

3. In a support for building up a decorative floral display, asupporting base structure including an upright tubular socket member, apost vertically slidable and rotatable in said member into different setpositions, a broken ring secured on top of said post in upright positionwith the gap therein arranged above the horizontal diametrical center ofthe ring, and spikes for hanging flowers on the ring extending laterallyand upwardly from the same, said ring comprising segmental sectionsdetachably secured together end to end, said sections including bracerods connecting the end portions together.

NEWELL G. I-IURLBUT.

